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Depends on american -- sort of american security cover. the american's security umbrella. >> right. >> the president has said this himself. just about a week ago, ten days ago. he said in a public speech that the saudi government, the saudi king would not last two weeks. those were his quotes. would not last two weeks without american support. now, that was a little cruel for the president to say but that is not -- >> not entirely untrue. >> the saudi government for decade, this family ruling saudi arabia has depended heavily on american protection. it's not that simple to just say we're going...

He wants to have the second u.s. summit as soon as possible. >> bret: before the end of the year? >> yes, i believe so. >> bret: speaking before the general assembly. let's talk to our panel. writer for the washington post and commentator for the washington examiner. let's start with the president's speech. the president laid out in nuts and bolts what the foreign policy for the trump administration is. >> what is interesting to me, usually when president trump is in new york city, he's on his home for ch, but he's speaking at his away game. the same people rely on his security umbrella. we co...

A brief demands and the subtext is that it is up to america to decide if europe is still worthy of a security umbrella. i mean i think there's a grain of truth in this of course but probably not in the way that he means it ultimately of course the u.s. security guarantee comes because washington makes a decision that it is in the u.s. interest to protect europe that has always been the case that's been the case since nato came into existence and nine hundred forty nine and so you know it's always america that kind of calls the shots and that is the biggest and most important player here the wa...

Again? i remember being in bulgaria in late 1997 as the nato commander and the foreign minister telling me right now, she said, russia is weak but some day russia will be strong again. they'll be back here and trying to take us over and before then bulgaria must be in nato. and so, the united states heeded the concerns of our friends in europe who are trying to build viable democracies and we provided them the security umbrella or the security foundation through their membership in nato to do this. they need it more than ever because russia is coming back. putin wants the countries back, bulga...

Than japan is. japan was dependent on the united states for strategic survival. it lived within america's security umbrella. china does not. so describe, you know, what lessons can we learn from those getting tough on japan strategies and what does it tell us about getting tough with china? >> i think you want to strike a delicate balance between on the one hand getting tough to address what steve and you and i have said nontariff barriers that really should come down. on the other hand, you want to maintain the rule-based trading system. but the reality is that the u.s. is better placed to wi...